“Meet the Press“, the longest-running program ever on network television, premiered on NBC-TV on November 6, 1947, with James A. Farley, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Franklin Roosevelt’s postmaster general as its’ first guest. The show…
Knoxville Nationals Championship Delayed Until Sunday Night
Knoxville, Ia. — Three-time defending Knoxville Nationals champ Donny Schatz caught a boo break Saturday. Instead, the more than 20,000 fans assembled for the 49th Super Clean Knoxville Nationals championship night reserved their ill will and disdain for the wet…
New York City Half Marathon 2009 and The Schedule
One week from today, on Sunday, August 16, 2009, runners will be lining up in Central Park for a 7 a.m. start of an event that has rapidly risen in popularity on the New York running scene over the past…
Mary Kay Letourneau Gets 25 Years to Life for Sex Crimes
Mary Kay Letourneau — the teacher who spent seven years in jail after having two kids with her 13-year-old student — is the appropriate host of a Seattle Bar’s “Hot for Teacher” night… but don’t expect her to be the…
Keith Hennessey on Economic View
I’ve posted several times about how confusing a slowdown in the rate at which things get worse (the second derivative) with an actual improvement (the first derivative) has led to some ridiculous claims about economic improvement. Keith Hennessey has a…
Michael Vick Gets Second Chance
I posted with the headline, Will Michael Vick Get The Real 60 Minutes Treatment? Not 5 minutes later: Quarterback Michael Vick has signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, his agent, Joel Segal, confirmed to ESPN.com. Vick arrived in…